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Cuffed jeans – yes or no?

For me I’m on the fence. In junior high cuffed jeans weren’t a matter of style and aesthetic. They were a requirement. Of course, I always missed the memo on those unspoken dress codes being fat and utterly uncool, so I was the kid who got mocked when I couldn’t figure out how to get my jeans to roll properly. Still don’t know how they did it and I certainly can’t and won’t make my jeans do that now.

As it was I consider it a permanent mark on the character of my peers. If they cared whether another person’s jeans rolled properly, they were people of poor character. If they did not, most of the time they were only friends with me because they could be around someone not as nerdy, fat and outcast as them.

I really hate where I’m from, obviously, and I fear it’s in me like a time bomb waiting to turn me into some self-righteous SUV driver.

Fortunately the trend passed away to much less complicated peg legs, freeing me from the strategy of wearing oversize T-shirts and slouching a lot. But the childhood memories are distinctly unpleasant. These were the only pair I could look at without cringing!

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Cute pants! I like the curve and cut of the legs, but the cuffs are a bit of a turn-off. Instead of capturing the retro feel of a rolled jeans leg, they look like more of a cross between jeans and slacks. If these were more of a short-inseam “capri” style, the cuffed look would be nicer, but still a few deliberate steps away from “casual”.
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I think this is going to be more of a fad then a trend. I’m definitely a no. Personally, if the the length isn’t fitted properly (which is the case for the majority of us) I think it will draw attention to whether the jeans are too short or too long.
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urbanbohemian – Hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

I’ve been seeing more and more of the cuff plus gladiator sandal thing because some starlet or another wore it last year. It’s all over this month’s Lucky. I agree that it looks kind of weird, and I’d file it under a “look back and cringe” scenario. You know, when you open the photo albums and see your triple permed hair and have no way of explaining what you were thinking?
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Those jeans are lovely. I’ve seen ladies here who wear cuffed jeans or slacks with tall tall heels. They look lovely.
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Moe is on queue with her post. After the fad lasts a short period of time, hardly anyone will be sporting the cuffed/rolled jeans. Cuffs do look cute with heels, but there’s a fine line between fashionable cuffed jeans and ones that make your inner fashion sense cringe.